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Prof. Francine Kaufman
Francine Ratner Kaufman, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Head, Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Dr. Kaufman is a Professor of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and Head of the Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism at the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. Dr. Kaufman's research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) since 1980 and focuses on many aspects of diabetes, including prevention, treatment, and complications. Presently, she is Chair of the NIH-funded STOPP-T2 trials, which investigate strategies to prevent and treat (the TODAY trial) type 2 diabetes in children and youth. She was also a principle investigator in the Diabetes Prevention Trial - type 1 and is now an investigator in TrialNet-the NIH study to try to prevent type 1 diabetes and preserve beta cell function.
Dr. Kaufman has published extensively and has developed many diabetes clinical innovations, including Extend Bar, a snack bar containing uncooked cornstarch that is used as a hypoglycemic preventive in diabetes. Dr. Kaufman was President of the American Diabetes Association in 2002 to 2003, and she received the Banting Medal for Service and the Outstanding Contribution to Children and Youth Award. She chaired the 2002 LA County Task force on the Fitness and Health of Youth, serves on the California State Task Force on Youth Fitness and Workplace Wellness, and was a delegate to the 2002 55th Assembly of the World Health Organization. Her book, Diabesity (Bantam), is a call to action to individuals, communities, health care, educators and government to begin to reverse the epidemics of obesity and diabetes.
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List of presentations from this healthcare provider available on CMEonDiabetes :
 Societal Approach to DM Prevention in the Young
english - 2005-04-14 - 33 minutes
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